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Commentary
VERRATTI beat four Crystal Palace players and stroked a golden opportunity wide.
11¹A strike from LLORENTE held little difficulty for the 'keeper.
18¹AGÜERO was put clear by CÁCERES and he turned the Crystal Palace 'keeper but thrust his shot just wide.
20¹GOAL!! A perfect ball from CÁCERES left AGÜERO in the clear, he made the Crystal Palace 'keeper commit himself before squaring the ball to BALE to score. (1-0 Arsenal)
29¹A penalty box meleé resulted in ADRIANO knocking a low shot over.
33¹BALE fluffed a simple chance.
40¹An exceptional effort from ADRIANO scraped the outside of the righthand post.
42¹BALE rattled an easy chance past the righthand post.
A corner fell to LLORENTE who flicked the ball wide.
A useful ball from KOSCIELNY on the left was collected by CÁCERES who scuffed his effort wide.
A accurate pass was collected by GODÍN and his left foot shot flew narrowly wide.
10²Uncertainty in the Crystal Palace defence enabled BALE to crack the ball over.
13²LLORENTE placed a looping shot over from twenty-five yards out.
15²GOAL!! A great solo effort from LLORENTE who beat three defenders before firing the ball in off the post. (1-1)
16²A cross from BALE left LUKAKU in plenty of space but he snapped at his shot.
17²SCHWEINSTEIGER ran onto a wonderful ball from BUSQUETS but fumbled his shot wide.
23²GOAL!! A cross from CAMPAGNARO was flicked away by BALE only for McARTHUR to crack the ball back into the box for SONG to force over the line. (2-1 Crystal Palace)
26²The Crystal Palace 'keeper saved a swerving shot from LUKAKU.
27²VERRATTI booked for dangerous play.
34²ADRIANO booted the ball wide of the righthand post from the edge of the box.
40²The motionless 'keeper could only watch as a backpass from MIGUEL VELOSO fell just over.
43²ADRIANO clipped the ball through a ruck of players but BENAGLIO was a match for it as he dived to his left.

 
Crystal Palace
 
League position: 15
Home league form: WLLL
Overall league form: LWLLLLLW
Formation: 4-4-2
Line-ups
Diego BENAGLIO1Petr CECH(c)
JOÃO Pedro PEREIRA2Martín CÁCERES
MARCELO Vieira3ADRIANO Correia
Rafael VAN DER VAART4Sergio BUSQUETS
(c)Alexandre SONG5Diego GODÍN
Hugo CAMPAGNARO6Laurent KOSCIELNY
MIGUEL Luís VELOSO7Marco VERRATTI
James McARTHUR8Gareth BALE
(p)Fernando LLORENTE9Romelu LUKAKU(p)
(f)Martín MONTOYA10Bastian SCHWEINSTEIGER(f)
Javier HERNÁNDEZ11Sergio AGÜERO
Manager
ROLANDO Jorge  12  Danny WELBECK
Wojciech SZCZESNY  13  JAVI MARTÍNEZ
Fábio COENTRÃO  14  ISCO
MARC MUNIESA Martínez15  Joel CAMPBELL
Elias KACHUNGA  16  Marco REUS
 
Arsenal
 
League position: 6
Away league form: LXLW
Overall league form: XLWXWLLL
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Crystal Palace 2 Arsenal 1
(Half-time: 0-1, Attendance: 26,215, Stadium: Selhurst Park, Referee: Uriah Rennie 7½)

Llorente 15², Song 23²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Bale 20¹
McArthuróMarc Muniesa 24² 
  
 Verratti 27²
44
123
1011
74
218
922
43
38%62%
Man of the match: Sergio Busquets